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Embroidered Fall Leaf Bookmark & Fabric Window Falling Leaves Bookmark First cut strips of card stock. I cut mine about 2 inches wide, and 11 inches long. How to embroider card stock. I love the look of embroidered card stock. There are probably a lot of ways to go about it, but this is the method that I used. It really was very easy. First lightly pencil the outline of
We have been watching a lot of baseball around the house lately. Benjamin’s favorite phrase these days is, “Go Rangers!” This little baseball embroidery hoop is a great DIY craft for a little boy’s room or nursery. It is also a great beginning embroidery project. What I used: 3 inch wooden embroidery hoop White embroidery fabric (any white fabric would work) Red thread Fabric Pencil First, I looked at this
Dana at The Wonder Forest makes the most adorable vintage looking woodland creatures. Seriously, it is ridiculous how cute these little guys are. She also sells them at her Etsy shop, including this adorable little fox. Vanessa at The Crafty Nest decorated the most adorable woodland critter nursery for her son. There are so many wonderful details all over the nursery. Check out the great tutorial from Lolly Chops on
Benjamin dressed up as Tigger. October, 2009. 3 months old. Where did my little guy go?
I love how beautiful embroidery thread looks, and I enjoy picking out new colors and seeing how they look together. I also love buttons and I have been wanting to do a project where each button represented a different member of our family. First, I wrapped the mat that came with an Ikea frame in different colors of embroidery thread. You could also use a cut out a piece of
Dahlia flowers are so gorgeous. Source I used this tutorial from It’s the Little Things, but I made a few slight changes. I’ve seen a lot of similar flowers floating around Pinterest, and I am so glad that I decided to make one. These are so much fun to make, require absolutely no sewing, and look good in so many combinations of colors. Here is a free template of the
Cotton Bird Designs makes the cutest little birds. I especially love these little newspaper birds. How About Orange {love this blog!} shares a great tutorial on how to make gift bags out of newspapers. Under the Table and Dreaming makes this cute wreath out of recycled book pages. You could do the same thing using newspaper. A Storybook Life teaches how to make these beautiful beads from recycled newspaper. Check
As a thank you to all of my wonderful followers, I am giving away a brown football onesie. The size is 3-6 months, but it runs a little bit large. A football onesie is so adorable for baby boys during the football season and it even makes a great Halloween costume. However, I think that a football onesie is also very cute for girls, especially if you add a little
When I was a kid I learned how to finger knit at camp. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. When I got home from camp, I bought 3 different rolls of yarn and knitted them all into one giant rope. I think it took me about a week (which is a really long time when you are a kid). I loved how I could take yarn and turn
We have been having a lot of trouble lately getting my 9 month old daughter Lyla to take a bottle. She also doesn’t like sippy cups. Our doctor suggested giving her a straw. I thought she was crazy. What 9 month old drinks from a straw? Well it worked. Maybe it isn’t that weird, but it seems so unusual to me. She also really wants to put the straw in
